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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online education have empowered students all over the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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